Re: git diff --summary only seems to work when combined with --stat

From: Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
Date: Dec 6, 2010, 21:03 UTC
Message-ID: <20101206210304.GA9735@burratino>
In-Reply-To: <AANLkTimCAy8kcQaKNaxz4UJp2ZB=_HeRMmeaQ5ZHNV4g@mail.gmail.com>

Hi Yves,

demerphq wrote:

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> It seems like the --summary option only works in combination --stat.
> 
> It doesn't seem to work if I use it by itself, nor in combination with
> --name-status or --num-stat. And depending on the order, it either
> does nothing, or causes a usage note.

It is tricky, but as you noticed --summary is not actually about the diffstat. --summary affects the output summarizing new files and renamed files.

Example:

	$ git diff --summary v1.7.2..v1.7.3
	delete mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.1.txt
	delete mode 100644 Documentation/RelNotes-1.5.0.2.txt
	[...]

> $ git diff --name-status --sumary HEAD^
> usage: git diff <options> <rev>{0,2} -- <path>*

There is an 'm' missing here. :)

Hope that helps, Jonathan